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J. A. MIDDLETON.

BROOM.

No. 404,212. Patented May 28, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALEXANDER MIDDLETON, OF GORDONSVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF TO B. S. BEVIER, OF SAME PLACE.

BROOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,212, dated. May 28, 1889.

Application filed June 19, 1888. Serial No. 277,509. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN ALEXANDER MID- DLETON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gordonsville, in the county of Logan 5 and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in brooms; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a perspective view of a broom embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the broom-head and clamp. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner section of the clamp detached.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the broom-handle, having the metal clamp B attached thereto. The said clamp is composed of the larger outer section, 0, of general rectangular shape, and consisting of the outer plate or face, 0, the sides 0' c, and the top 0 provided with a central bolt-opening, 0 and the smaller inner section, D, consisting of the outer plate or face, (I, the flanges (1 on the edges thereof, and the top d provided with a bolt-opening, 01 that registers with the bolt-opening 0 when the sections are in position. WVhen the sections are connected, the flanges d of the section D lie against the inner surfaces of the sides 0 of the larger section, and its plate cl completes the casing for the butts of the broom-straw.

When the section D is in place, a ridge, E, 011 its upper and outer corner enters a groove, 6, in the inner surface of the top of the outer section and aids in retaining the outer part 40 of the plate (Z flush with the edges of the sides 0 of the larger section.

The handle A may be joined to the clamp by any suitable means, and its end is usually recessed to receive the end of the screw F and the nut f thereon. The said screw passes from within through the openings 0 and d and its head rests under the top 61 of the section D.

The plate portions 0 d, respectively, of the two sections converge downwardly, and consequently they bite upon the butt-s of the broom-straw, G, inserted between the sections. The sections of the clamp may be of any suitable material, but are preferably of cast-iron. The clamp is strong, simple, cheap, and durable, and by its use the broom-straw can be re- 5 5 newed as often as desirable or necessary.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1; In a broom-head, a metallic clamp or holder comprising an outer section or casing the top of which has a transverse groove in its under side, and an inner section consisting of a front plate having inwardly-extending flanges that fit between the sides of the outer casing, and a top having on its upper side a transverse ridge entering the groove in o 5 the top of the outer. casing, the tops of both casings being provided with registering open in gs for the passage of a tightening-bolt, substantially as set forth.

2. As an improvement in brooms, a clamp- 7 ing device comprising an outer casing the front of which is open and the top of which has a transverse groove in its under side, and an inner casing consisting of a front plate having inward-extending flanges that fit between the sides of the outer casing, and atop having on its upper side a transverse ridge entering the groove in the top of the outer casing, the tops of both casings being provided with openings that register with each other, in combination with a bolt passing upward through the said openings, and a handle having a nut secured in a recess in its lower end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 5

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

his JOHN ALEXANDER MIDDLETON.

mark Witnesses:

WILLIAM T. J ENNERY, J. B. OWEN. 

